Wheel mounting structure of a golf cart

Abstract

A wheel mounting structure including a wheel shaft fastened to a locating hole on the leg of a golf club carrier to hold a wheel, and a lever pivoted to the leg and turned to lock the wheel shaft. The wheel shaft has a locating block at one end fitted into the locating hole, a collar connected to the locating block and abutting the locating hole. The lever has a stop rod section and a retainer rod section which are respectively forced into engagment with a recessed bottom hole on the locating block and a bottom retaining groove on the collar when the lever is turned to the locking position to lock the wheel shaft on the leg of the gold club carrier.

I claim: 
     
       1. A wheel mounting structure comprising a leg extending from the frame of a golf club carrier and having a locating hole; a wheel shaft having a locating block at one end received in said locating hole of said leg, an elongated shaft body at an opposite end, a collar disposed between said locating block and said elongated shaft body and abutting said locating hole of said leg, and a wheel rotatably mounted on said elongated shaft body of said wheel shaft, said locating block of said wheel shaft having a recessed bottom hole and a bottom retaining groove, said leg including a lever pivoted thereto and rotatable between a first position for securing said wheel shaft within said locating hole of said leg and a second position for releasing said wheel shaft from said locating hole of said leg, said lever including a stop rod section and a retainer rod section, said stop rod section and said retainer rod section respectively forced into engagement with said recessed bottom hole and said bottom retaining groove of said wheel shaft when said lever is turned from said second portion to said first position.